Véranne sits below 98% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1.3%)
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Véranne, 7.8%. Here, 5.1% of households have no car. Few places have so few flats: 7.7% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. There were 410 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 951 residents.
Throughout this page, the Loire median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Véranne
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Véranne, 11% of its 520 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Véranne, more than in 89% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In the last two years, 10% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Véranne grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 81% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Loire town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Véranne 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Véranne is younger than 56% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Véranne sits above 80% of compared French towns for couples with children (31%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
At 9.1%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are one person living alone. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,580 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Véranne is €26,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 38%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 13% in Véranne and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Véranne
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals account for 1.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Véranne ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Véranne ranks below 72% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Graduates of higher education: 35%, above 66% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (951 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Véranne is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Véranne | 43.2 | 20% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Pélussin 3,727 · 3.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 7.4% | 3.5% |
| Chavanay 2,884 · 4.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil 6,889 · 6.2 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 6.6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 6.7 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 7.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Véranne
What is the population of Véranne?
951 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (830).
How old are Véranne’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Véranne?
58, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Véranne?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Véranne?
€26,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.